[Intro]
      G                 G
If it gets too heavy, yeah, too heavy
      C                G
Gonna bring you to the ground
                 G           G
Lay your burdens down, down, down, down
D                G
Lay your burdens down
 
[Instrumental]
| G    | G    | C    | G    |
                       (Ooh, yeah)
 
| G    | G    | D    | D    |
                 (Humm yeah, yeah)
 
| G    | G    | C    | G    |
(Oh-oh-ouh, ouh-ouh, It's a heavy weight)
 
| G    | G    | D    | G    |
     (Ooh, yeah)
 
[Verse 1]
G              G     C            G
  It's a heavy weight on a rainy day
          G          G       
We've bankrupted our spirits 
             D                D
from all the bills we have to pay
         G
I said, "Hey, now" (Hey, now)
   G                  C                    G
What you say when the pressure gonna come around?
     G            G
My mama told me, "Baby"
              D                G
"You've gotta lay your burdens down"
 
[Chorus]
                 G           G
Lay your burdens down, down, down, down
C                G
Lay your burdens down
                 G           G
Lay your burdens down, down, down, down
D                D
Lay your burdens down
      G                 G
If it gets too heavy, yeah, too heavy
      C                G
Gonna bring you to the ground
                 G           G
Lay your burdens down, down, down, down
D                G
Lay your burdens down
 
[Verse 2]
G                    G   C 
  From the sharpest fangs, 
                 G
a good heart can hardеn
      G            G        
We've paralyzed compassion, 
             D                  D
we need to cast snakes from the garden
         G
I said, "Hey, now" (Hey, now)
   G                  C                    G
What you say when the pressure gonna come around? (Alright)
     G            G
My mama told me, "Baby"
              D                G
"You've gotta lay your burdens down"
 
[Chorus]
                 G           G
Lay your burdens down, down, down, down
C                G
Lay your burdens down
                 G           G
Lay your burdens down, down, down, down
D                D
Lay your burdens down
      G                 G
If it gets too heavy, yeah, too heavy
      C                G
Gonna bring you to the ground
                 G           G
Lay your burdens down, down, down, down
D                G
Lay your burdens down (Oh, yeah)
 
[Post-Chorus]
G     G
Oooh, oooh
C           G
Oooh-ooh, yeah
G     G      D     D
Oooh, oooh yeah (Yeah)
G           G
Oooh,(Yeah) Oooh,(Yeah)
D              G
Oooh, ooh-ooh, yeah
 
Ooh, yeah
 
[Chorus]
                 G           G
Lay your burdens down, down, down, down
C                G
Lay your burdens down
                 G           G
Lay your burdens down, down, down, down
D                D
Lay your burdens down
      G                 G
If it gets too heavy, yeah, too heavy
      C                G
Gonna bring you to the ground
                 G           G
Lay your burdens down, down, down, down
D                G
Lay your burdens down (Lay your burdens down)
 
[Chorus]
                 G           G
Lay your burdens down, down, down, down
C                G
Lay your burdens down (Lay your burdens down)
                 G           G
Lay your burdens down, down, down, down
D                D
Lay your burdens down (hey)
 
[Outro]
G              G
 In the morning (In the morning)
C              C
 In the evening (In the evening)
        G           G
Lay 'em down, down, down, down
D                G
Lay your burdens down
Tags: easy guitar chords, song lyrics, The Interrupters feat. Alex Desert & Greg Lee